View Entire Series: www.youtube.com From Wiki: Flexible Response – is a whimsical look at the myth of the English longbow, Robin Hood, sheep, the need to drain land with windmills, the effect of compound interest, decimal fractions, increased productivity, the Erie Canal, railroads, telegraphs, department stores, Quaker Oats, X-ray diagnostics, bio-feedback, and servo control systems in a Panavia Tornado aircraft. As with all episodes, the kind of “interdisciplinary” approach represented here is the main thrust behind of the idea of Mr. Burke’s Knowledge Web project whereby sophisticated software might, in the future, be used to discover these type of subtle “connections” automatically. From a “Knowledge Web” point of view, Connections² may visualized as type of random walk exploration through “connection space”. Such as what a child may do on their first visit, perhaps before discovering a particular topic or thread they may wish to pursue in more detail. Visit k-web.org for more information.